Open Source News

May 10, 2004

Excel Clone for Linux Now in Beta

Martin Kotulla writes "SoftMaker, a German software developer, has released the first public beta of
PlanMaker 2004, a native-Linux spreadsheet that
is highly Excel-compatible ... in fact, this app is basically Microsoft Excel ported to Linux, including
Excel-compatible charting and even AutoShapes. Here is a chart comparing Excel, OpenOffice.org, and
PlanMaker." Update: 05/07 19:07 GMT by M: Softmaker.de is temporarily down; the site can still be
reached at softmaker.com.

Pizza From the Command Line

Punk Walrus writes "Pizza Party is a free,
text based CLI for ordering Domino's pizza via Quikorder, or for throwing pizza parties. It is distributed
under the GNU General Public License, runs under most *nix shells, and can order pizza with only a few
keystrokes. Includes video of actual ordering."